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E. GUNDERSON.

WAGON TONGUE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 24, 1908.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

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WISCONSIN.

\VAGON-TO'NGUE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. December 24, 1908.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909. Serial No. 469,176.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN GUNDnRsoN, citizen of the United States,residing at Scandinavia, in the county of Vaupaca and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in .Vagon-Tongues, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wagon tongues, and has for an object to providea wagon tongueend that will carry a neck-yoke ring and insure againstthe catching of the driving lines upon the tongue-end.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wagon tongueend soconstructed that the neck-yoke ring can not be removed from thetongue-end when in an upright position, but only when in an-invertedposition.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises certainnovel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In wagon tongues heretofore constructed the neck-yoke ring has engaged astud or brace upon the bottom of the tongue, and the tongue-end hasprotruded beyond the brace upon which the interior guiding linesoperated by the driver of the vehicle have been liable to loop or catch.In my invention I provide means of overcoming this objection.

In the accompanying 1 represents a side view tongue with the presentinvention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the neck-yokehook and associated parts embodying certain features of the invention.Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the structure shown in Fig. l with thering removed. Fig. 4 is a section through Fig. 1 approximately on line44, the ring being removed to a lowered and inverted position as shownin dotted lines. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of an adjustableside plate.

Referring to the drawings by numerals 2 represents a wagon tongue whichis ordinarily constructed of wood.

3 represents a neck-yoke ring, and 4 represents a tongue hook, adaptedto receive the ring 3, which projects beyond the tongueend 2. The tonguehook 4 is constructed of metal and is integral with the head 5 and thetop and bottom straps 6 and 7 which form means for connecting the deviceto the drawings z-Figure of one end of the tongue-end 2. The straps 6and 7 are riveted to the tongue-end 2 by bolts 8 and 9. Upon the bottomof the strap 7 is provided a lug or stud 10 which extends downwardlybeyond the line of the hook 4 so that if the tongue is dropped upon theground the stud 10 will receive the shock and prevent the bending orbreaking of the hook 4. The head 5 is provided with corrugations 12positioned on the sides thereof, and at the front end of the strap 7.The bottom strap is also provided with a cavity or curved portion 13which together with the hook 4 forms a curved passage-way for the neckyoke ring 3.

Adjustable side plates 11 are positioned upon each side of thetongue-end 2. The adjustable side plates 11 are provided with slots 14and are secured to the tongue-end 2 by means of bolts 15 and 16. Thebolt 15 passes through the tongue-end 2 and the slot 14 in theadjustable side plates 11, and the side plates 11 being pivotallymounted on the bolt 16 are raised or lowered and clamped in any desiredposition by the head of the bolt 15. The side plates 11 are providedwith corrugations 17 which engage the corrugations 12 of the head 5, andhold the adjustable side plates 11 against vertical movement whenclamped by the bolt 15. The adjustable side plates 11 are also providedwith downwardly and outwardly extending flared portions 18, and thedownwardly and outwardly extending flared portions 18 on their innersurface are provided with curved portions 19. The radius of the curvedportions 13 and 19 are substantially the same as the radius of theneck-yoke ring 3.

In applying the neck-yoke ring 3 to the hook 4 the ring is first passedbeneath the curved portion 13 of the bottom strap 7 and over the hook 4until the same has passed beyond the adjustable side extension 11, andis then raised into engagement with the head 5. When the vehicle istraveling and the neckyoke ring in service it is impossible for theneck-yoke ring to become disengaged. In order to remove the neckyokering 3 it is first necessary to invert the same, as when in an uprightposition the curve of the ring extends in an opposite direction to thecurve 13 of the bottom strap 7, and the ring 3 is thereby prevented frombeing removed from the hook 4. As the flared portions 18 of theadjustable side plates 11 extend beyond the inner end of P. J1 HARRIGAN.

I JOURNAL. BOX. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2, 1908.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

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